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river courses and large saline areas, especially in the S.W. The Salado (called Pasage, and Juramento in Salta) crosses the province from N.W. to S.E. and empties into the See also:

PARANA

Parana, and the Dulce, or Saladillo, which has its See also:

SOURCES

sources in the Sierra de Aconquija, crosses the province in the same See also:

general direction, and is lost in the See also:

GREAT

great saline swamps of Porongos, on the Cordoba frontier. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate is extremely hot, the maximum temperature being 111° (Mulhall), minimum 32°, and the mean See also:

ANNUAL

annual 71°, with an annual rainfall of 25 in. See also:

SUGAR

Sugar, See also:

wheat, See also:

ALFALFA

alfalfa, See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

corn, See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco and hides are the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal products, and See also:

cotton, which was grown here under the Incas, is still produced. The province is traversed by the Tucuman See also:

EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the Buenos Aires and See also:

ROSARIO

Rosario railway, by a See also:

French See also:

LINE

line from Santa Fe to Tucuman, and by a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Central See also:

NORTHERN

Northern (Cordoba See also:

section) railway. The provincial See also:

capital, SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, is on the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the Rio Dulce, 745 M. N.W. of Buenos Aires, with which it is connected by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop.

(1904, estimated) 12,000, chiefly of Indian descent. The See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city stands on a level open See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, 520 ft. above See also:

sea-level, and in the vicinity of large swamps (esteros) bordering the Rio Dulce, from which its name is derived. There are a number of interesting old buildings in the city—a See also:

government See also:

house, several churches, a Jesuit See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, a Franciscan See also:

CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent and a girls' orphanage. The city was founded in 1553 by Francisco de Aguirre and was the first capital of the province of Tucuman, the earliest settled of the La See also:

PLATA, RIO DE LA, or RIVER PLATE

Plata provinces. In 1615 the See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral was accidentally burnt and the See also:

bishop removed to Cordoba. The city has suffered much through inundations from the Rio Dulce, and from frequent See also:

LOCAL

local revolutions caused by misgovernment and the struggles of See also:

RIVAL

rival factions. In 1663 an inundation carried away See also:

HALF

half the capital, and the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was so reduced that in 168o the seat of government was removed to See also:

San See also:

MIGUEL, MARIA EVARIST (1802–1866)

Miguel, now Tucuman. In 182o Santiago del Estero became a See also:

SEPARATE

separate province. ' See F. E. See also:

CHADWICK, SIR EDWIN (18o0-1890)

Chadwick, The Relations between the See also:

UNITED

United States and See also:

Spain: See also:

DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

Diplomacy (New See also:

York, 1909).

End of Article: SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO

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